Five Ways we Reduce Our Environmental Impact

Five Ways we Reduce Our Environmental Impact ISO14001 accredited, White Ink Architects promotes the design of sustainable, energy-efficient buildings as a key principle of our approach – whilst also setting targets annually and actively measuring and monitoring them to continually improve our business operations and reduce our environmental impact. Skype meetings increased by 87.5% -…

Spread Your Wings & Fly at Culture Night 2018

Spread Your Wings & Fly at Culture Night 2018 This year Culture Night’s theme was ‘Love’ and White Ink Architects created an amazing ‘Spread Your Wings & Fly’ installation, injecting Talbot Street with colour and vibrancy – public art that people could interact with. At White Ink Architects staff are encouraged to get involved with…

Model Behaviour – Interacting with BIM

Model Behaviour – Interacting with BIM The ability for sub-contractors to interact with a model is an often overlooked aspect of BIM. We produced this detailed sequencing model to help our construction team to understand a complex brick façade for a project in London. Here, our model allowed us to go step by step through…

Part 1 at White Ink – Inspiring. Educational. Exciting.

Part 1 at White Ink – Inspiring. Educational. Exciting. White Ink Architects are currently recruiting for motivated and responsible Part 1 Architecture students for 2018-2019 to work on exciting multi-million pound projects across the UK. We are strongly committed to teaching our students and take our role as mentors very seriously. Watch our video below to…

WICE ‘Best Young Woman Architect’ Finalist 2018

WICE ‘Best Young Woman Architect’ Finalist 2018 Chartered Architect, Claire McAteer is a ‘Best Young Woman Architect’ Finalist in the 2018 WICE Awards which recognise and celebrate the growing success of Women in Construction & Engineering. Claire completed her professional studies and gained accreditation as a qualified Architect at the early age of 25. Here…

Belt and BREEAM – Hold on to that rating

Belt and BREEAM – Hold on to that rating The BREEAM New Construction 2018 manual was launched on 7th March 2018 – this will become active to all newly registered BREEAM projects from the 23rd March 2018. Architect Andrew O’Doherty recently spoke at a CIOB Maidstone event to consider the challenges faced by contractors and…

Working with 2018 Employer of the Year

Working with 2018 Employer of the Year White Ink Architects was recently awarded FSB NI Employer of the Year 2018. This award entry was led by our team and is a celebration of the commitment of the team in making White Ink the place it is. Teamwork and Company Culture As part of our award…

WYSIWYG – What You See Is What You Get

WYSIWYG – What You See Is What You Get At White Ink Architects, it is very important to us that our clients get completed buildings that look like our design images. To do this we use our strong technical knowledge from the very beginning, to ensure that our earliest design concepts can be realised exactly…

Colouring the Sky on Culture Night 2017

Colouring the Sky on Culture Night 2017 White Ink’s ‘Canopy of Colour’ hit the headlines at this year’s Culture Night celebrations in Belfast. The cathedral quarter is the most vibrant and colourful hub in Belfast. White Ink wanted to physically express this energetic space by wrapping the sky in Talbot Street with colourful ribbons. Take…